Lacing-cord fastener



(No Model.)

0. A. PRESTON.

LAOING CORD PASTENER. No. 386,496. Patented July 24, 1888.

UNITED TATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. PRESTON, OF OAMBRTDGEPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAClNG-CORD FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming par: of Letters Patent No. 386,496, dated July 24, 1888.

No model.)

To (LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1', (Juannus A. PRESTON, of Canibridgeport, county of Middlesex, and State of Massacl'msetts, have invented an Improvement in LacingOord Fasteningsotwhich the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a fastening for the lacing-cord of boots or shoes.

My improved fastening isapplicablc to shoes having any usual hooked studs or lace-hooks, my fastening being employed at the top of the upper and being connected thereto, preferably by an elastic band or strap,as will-be described.

The clasp or fastening is herein shown as a plate having a loop or eye, which is adapted to engage with one of the lace-hooksoutside of or upon the lacing-cord in said hook to thereby bind the cord firmly therein. The clasp or plate also has a hole or passage through it for the lacing-cord, so that by pulling upon the cord the clasp may be made to engage the upper lacing-hook at the opposite side of the front opening.

A single cord may be employed with the herein described fastening and no knot need be tied.

Figure 1 shows in front elevation a lacingcord fastening embodying this invention; Fig. 2,asin1ilar view,the fastening being in position to engage the lacing-hook and bind or hold the cord firmly.

The upper a of any usual laced boot or shoe is provided with the usual lacing-liooks.a,and one lacing cord, a, said cord being attached to theshoeiu usual manner and having onest rand or end only extended upwardly.

My improved fastening (herein shown as a metallic plate, 0) is attached to a band, 0, or strap, which is in turn attached to the shoe, said band or strap preferably being elastic. The metallic plate 0 has a loop or eye, 0 of sntficient size to receive the lacinghook a. The metallic plate 0 also has a hole through it,

as at 0*, to receive the lacing-cord. The lacing-cord having been passed around the lacing hooks in any usual or suitable manner to close the front opening of the shoe,and having been passed around the top lacinghook, a is then passed through the hole a of the plate 0. The lacingcord is then by its free end drawn taut, and the plate 0 will be drawn forward sufficiently to pass over the book a, thereby engaging the said hook, and the cord being in said hook the material of the loop or eye 0' bears down firmly upon said cord and prevents it from slipping.

Instead of having the opening c for the lacing-cord, and by said cord drawing the plate 0 over upon the book a, the said opening may be omitted and the plate be drawn toward thehook a in any other manner, as by the fingers.

By this form of fastening it will be seen that the shoe may be quickly laced and the lacingcord held firmly and the entire operation done with one hand.

It is obvious that the fastening herein dcscribed may be employed for other purposes such, for instance, as corsets and the like.

I claim 1. The herein described fastening for lacingcords, consisting ofthe plate 0, having the loop or eye 0', the elastic strap to which the said plate is attached, and a lacingcord, the said loop or eye being adapted to engage a lacing-hook, as described, and to hold thereon the said lacingcord passed around it, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described fastening forlacingcords, it consisting of the plate 0, having the opening a" for the lacing cord, and the loop or eye 0 for the lacing hook, around which the lacing-cord passes, substantially as and for the pn rposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CIIARLES A. PRESTON.

' \Vitnesses:

BERNIoE J. NoYns, F. L. EMERY. 

